Austerity, community action, and the future of citizenship in Europe /

As austerity measures continue to lead to cutbacks in basic social services, a number of grassroots organizations have grown up or expanded throughout Europe to help provide for citizens' basic needs. This book looks at a number of both secular and faith-based groups in Berlin and London to sho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bock, Jan-Jonathan (Editor ), Fuhr, Christina, 1981- (Editor ), Cohen, Shana, 1966- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:
Public welfare > Europe.
Social action > Europe.
Community organization > Europe.
Action sociale > Europe.
Organisation communautaire > Europe.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Community organization.
Public welfare.
Social action.
Europe.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction: social activism, belonging and citizenship in a period of crisis
  • The social consequences of welfare policy
  • Fulfilling basic human needs: the welfare state after Beveridge
  • Social division and resentment in the aftermath of the economic slump
  • The practice of social good
  • Austerity and social welfare in the UK: a perspective from the advice sector
  • Breaking the hold of debt: Cambridge Money Advice Centre
  • Community finance: the emergence of credit unions in London
  • Finding employment and living a good life in London
  • The Tafel and food poverty in Germany
  • Addressing food poverty in the UK
  • Helping the homeless: a soup kitchen in London
  • Social change and neoliberalism
  • Social initiatives and social solidarity under austerity
  • The new economy of poverty
  • Challenges for the struggle against austerity in Britain and Europe
  • Situating solidarity in perspective
  • Individualism and community in historical perspective
  • Aiming for reconnection: responsible citizenship
  • Conclusion: citizenship, community and solidarity at the end of the welfare state
  • Index.

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